See Also: verjuice(dictionary)
verjuice(medicine)
Verjus or verjuice(recipes)
hull(4)(dictionary)
hull(3)(dictionary)
hull(2)(dictionary)
Hull(medicine)
hull(1)(dictionary)
Hull, Isaac(encyclopedia)
Hull, William(encyclopedia)

hull(1) (iou) and verjuice (iou)


hull(1) (iou)



hull noun1.
[Old English hulu from weak grade of helan to cover, whence also Old English hylma, Old High German hulla mantle, head-covering (German Hulle) and Dutch huls, Old High German hulsa (German Hulse husk, pod): cf. HOLE noun1, next.]
The outer covering, rind, shell, pod, or husk of any fruit or seed. OE.
b. Bran. rare. LME.
c. The calyx which persists at the base of some fruits, as strawberries. Also, the core of a fruit, as an apple, a raspberry, etc. L19.
A sty or pen for animals. Formerly also, a hut, a hovel. Scot. & north. ME.
Something that encases or encloses; a covering; spec. (now rare) the membrane enclosing the heart, the pericardium; in pl. (now chiefly Scot.), clothes. E17.

verjuice (iou)



verjuice noun & verb. ME.
[Old French vertjus, (also mod.) verjus, from vert green + jus juice: see VERT noun1, JUICE noun.]
A. noun.
An acid liquor obtained from crab-apples, sour grapes, etc., formerly used in Cooking and medicine. ME.
fig. Something acid or sour; bitter feelings or thoughts. L16.
b. verb trans. Embitter, make sour. Chiefly as verjuiced ppl adjective. rare. M19.